Title :
Minna no Hon´yaku hosting volunteer translators
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Japan
Abstract :
Summary form only given. This paper introduces a website called Minna no Hon´yaku (MNH, “Translation for All”), which hosts online volunteer translators. Its core features are (1) a set of translation aid tools, (2) high quality, comprehensive language resources, and (3) the legal sharing of translations. As of May 2010, there are about 1200 users and 4 groups registered to MNH. The groups using it include such major NGOs as Amnesty International Japan and Democracy Now! Japan.
Keywords :
Web sites; MNH; Minna no Hon´yaku; NGO; amnesty international Japan; comprehensive language resources; hosting volunteer translators; translation aid tools;
Conference_Titel :
Universal Communication Symposium (IUCS), 2010 4th International
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7821-7
DOI :
10.1109/IUCS.2010.5666755
